India advanced to the U19 World Cup finals..!

Sowmiya Sriram
India advanced to the U19 world cup finals..!
The indian team has advanced to the finals of the Under-19 World Cup. The Under-19 cricket world cup is being held in South Africa. india and south africa clashed in the first semi-final match.
World Cup Semi-Finals:
In this, Pretorius played well for the South African team who batted first. But Steve Stoke was also out for 14 runs and David Deegar ducked out. Next up, richard paired up with opener Pretorius and played superbly. Both of them bowled brilliantly and scored fifties. Pretorius scored 76 runs and richard scored 64 runs. Thus, the South African stumbled. At the end of 50 overs, the South African team scored 244 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. A shock awaited the indian team from the start, who could advance to the final if they scored 255 runs. Opener adarsh Singh was ducked in the first ball. The next action player Mushir Khan was all out for 4 runs. In no time Kulkarni was out for 12 runs. Next came Priyanshi Molia, who was out for 5 runs.

Captain uday Saharan and Sachin Das joined the indian team which lost 4 wickets for 32 runs. Both of them played tremendously together. uday Saharan bowled calmly to Sachin Das to add runs. As a result, the indian team slowly progressed towards the goal.
Sachin Das, who played tremendously, moved towards the century. Expected to score a century, he got out. He scored 96 off 95 balls with 11 fours and 1 six. The next wicket-keeper Avanish was out for 10 runs and Murugan was ducked by Abhishek. Due to this, there was a stir at the last moment. But at the other end, captain uday, who played tremendously, made the team progress towards the goal. raj Limbani hit sixes and fours at the pace and needed 1 run to win and the skipper scored 81 runs off 124 balls with 6 fours.
In the end, the indian team scored 248 runs in 48.5 overs and won by 2 wickets. With this, the indian team became the first team to advance to the finals. The second semi-final will be played between australia and Pakistan.

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